The Four Seasons

See it if You enjoy contemporary dance. Great choreography. Gorgeous costumes. Semi-successful attempt to make relevant w/connect to climate change.

Don't see it if You want a traditional play with a linear plot line. This is a dance piece which requires interpretation.

Also The dancers are gorgeous and the movement beautiful. The climate change part of this is thankfully very small and seems to serve mostly as a means to give the dancers time to change costumes. Also on a personal note...I HATE DIGITAL PLAYBILLS. I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS COMPANY AND THE INDIVIDUAL DANCERS BUT NEVER WILL AS I WILL NEVER ACCESS A DIGITAL PLAYBILL. Maybe it’s just because I’m old but I just won’t read that stuff from my phone. A note to you producers out there...if you want me to know who you are...put it in my hand!... Read more Read less

See it if you like hard working dancers in Vivaldi’s masterpiece with good choreography never leaving the stage w/added climate messages tween seasons

Don't see it if you are looking for a play as this is a dance concert by The Chase Brock Experience w/short messages, some comical, to permit costume change

See it if Inclusive equal-sexed contemp troupe performing four 12-min rituals:spring,summer,autumn, and apocalypse.Weather updates.Confetti rain.Kazoo

Don't see it if Weather alerts:"It's boring/It's normal/It's neato/Storm's coming/Smog alert/Don't worry/Carbon planet/It's awesome/More at 11:00"Mosquitoes

Also Weather update:"I tried to warn you."

See it if You love Vivaldi, enjoy a decent modern dance co. working hard in a small space, appreciate when dance work has a followable narrative.

Don't see it if Expecting deep social commentary on climate change. The "Weather person" hides the wardrobe changes, but is odd addition in a dance work.

See it if like message with your movement, color with some humor, classical dance & music with contemporary feel, excellent technique & pretty dancers

Don't see it if can't abide mixing of metaphors, don't like ballet / classical music, need plot to keep your attention, expected Arthur Miller or Neil Simon

Also The clunkier aspects of ballet vocab still make me wonder if they are being deployed seriously or for comic effect... Read more Read less

See it if contemporary dance set to Vivaldi's 4 seasons with a humorous narrative about climate change between sections sounds appealing. Not kidding!

Don't see it if you prefer dance with no gimmicks.

Also The description does not do the piece any justice. The dancing is very good, the climate change segments, which give the dancers a chance to change costumes, are done in the form of increasingly dire forecasts by a very panicked weather person, which are quite amusing & therefore easy to take.... Read more Read less

See it if you want dance with a social message. Though the message is delivered by a weather forecaster, not the dancers.

Don't see it if you want to see the dancers properly, Dance should never be presented in a theater with no sight lines or on a stage that's this small.

See it if you enjoy ensemble ballet and jazz, Vivaldi, and their dramatization of the risk of climate change.

Don't see it if you prefer traditional drama or musicals or longer shows, or do not enjoy ensemble dance or Italian classical music.

Also Seeing this show in an intimate
theatre sitting close to the stage made my day.... Read more Read less

See it if You like modern dance; interesting juxtapositions of dance and politics, even if the point is pretty obvious from the start.

Don't see it if You hate dance Vivaldi or his Four Seasons, don’t believe in climate change or weather women. Necessary for the costume changes but too much

See it if you're a dance fan ( I am) and would like to see a troupe of well-trained, beautiful young performers in a short piece re: climate change

Don't see it if you expect a lengthy serious & profound classical ballet; this one includes some strained humor with little impact

Also Just go for an engaging hour of competent dance/story telling. I'd like to see the" narration' reworked...... Read more Read less

See it if See it if you know someone performing in the show.

Don't see it if If you like good dancing.

See it if You like Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and want to see a new dance interpretation of it which is fairly successful.

Don't see it if You don’t like modern dance mixed with traditional ballet, don’t want to see a “modern” interpretation of the Four Seasons.

See it if You like dance. It’s ballet with a touch of modern

Don't see it if You want a big musical. This is a dance show

See it if you want a rare op to see a large dance ensemble and epic ideas in a tiny theater space. Brock and his company are highly accomplished .

Don't see it if you expect a play in a space that usually houses plays or feel uncomfortable when a piece seems slightly cramped by its small stage.

See it if You will appreciate interesting romantic humorous choreography. Hard-working efficient dancers instep for a long production.

Don't see it if You’re really not fond of dance and don’t have the patience to sit through a long program. You don’t appreciate hard work and sweat.

See it if You like choreographed dance in an intimate setting. Good dance pieces but the stage was too small for 10 dancers

Don't see it if you want dialogue...very little of it here...60 minutes for 4 dance pieces signifying season changes.

See it if you're a Chase Brock fan; social issues mixed with dancing might intrigue you; you're here for some eye candy vs listening to dialogue

Don't see it if you prefer spoken dialogue, a real plot line, or a message to go home with; you enjoy printed Playbills with bios & credits vs a digital one

Also "The Girl with the Alkaline Eyes" was Chase Brock's dance-theatre piece about the negative side-effects of technology, robots & A.I. on our society. His successful, thought provoking piece (2018) made us want to see more of his work.

Listening to Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" is joyful, and watching a piece choreographed to this score is pleasant enough, however, the concept of tethering four violin concerti to the issue of climate change did NOT work.

These dance movements (unlike the ones in Brock's "Girl with the Alkaline Eyes") did not relate to the narrative at all. Therefore, Sarah Bowden had to hammer home the message as a weather-girl. Instead of a cohesive pairing, Roz G was mostly annoying with her outlandish predictions & kazoo playing as the dancers changed costumes.

A very puzzling silent Prologue: a female shuffled cards & applied lotions. What kind of an intro was that?

This is a very serious topic -- but the production was not well-conceived.... Read more Read less

See it if you like pretty, but unchallenging modern dance. The choreography lacks any special voice. The "story" is thin & lacks subtlety or depth.

Don't see it if you don't like modern dance. This felt long & padded at a single hour. A too-obvious comment on climate change.

See it if you like mixed dancing and some voice. Climate-related

Don't see it if you are expecting a play or are a climate-change-denier.

See it if You want wonderful choreography and beautiful dancing to 4 Seasons. Climate change makes for a clever theme.

Don't see it if You want traditional ballet.

Also Chase Brock is an exciting, talented and creative choreographer.

See it if You really enjoy dance shows, even if they’re not the most thought through or polished

Don't see it if You have high expectations, or are expecting a traditional dance performance

Also The stage was far too small for this ambitious project, making the experience feel tense as dancers were perilously close to smacking each other

The narrative has potential, but cane across as strange and quite rushed - the dance wasn’t telling the narrative, a literal narrator had to give it to us (as a weather forecaster). This isn’t necessarily ‘bad’ but did take away from the dance performance for me... Read more Read less

See it if you're a fan of Chase Brock.

Don't see it if you're looking for interesting choreography, well thought out concepts or exceptional dancers.

See it if you like modern dance & Vivaldi's music

Don't see it if you you are wanting to see a show Based on the story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. THAT SHOW IS JERSEY BOYS & you should have read

See it if You enjoy interpretations of beautiful classical music in dance. Excellent.

Don't see it if You do not like dance/ballet.

Also Difficult to truly understand why the weather woman was included— other than a filler to allow the dancers to change customs. Confusing.... Read more Read less

See it if you’re in the mood for a delight evening of ballet, and a potent message about climate change. Listening to Vivaldi is always a treat.

Don't see it if I can’t think of a reason not to see it!